Although technically a provisional patent application is not a patent, it goes hand in hand with a formal utility/non provisional patent application. It gives you a priority filing date (i.e., you get first dibs over others) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Once filed, you may label your invention as patent pending.
All set to file a provisional patent application, please fill in the following form.
$75 government fee assumes you are classified as a “micro entity” by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). If you have filed more than 4 patent apps in the past, or have an annual income of greater than $189,537, you may be classified as “small entity” or “large entity” which requires a $150 or $300 Government fees.